The Daily Bruin

In light of the recent shootings in Las Vegas, Security Services would like to remind you of the resources available in regards to an active shooter event. Training sessions and live exercises can be scheduled for your residence or work building by contacting Security Services at 503-554-2090.

Please review the “Run, Hide, Fight” video on the George Fox website at this link and read through the “Personal Safety Guidelines” to refresh your memory on what to do should an actual situation occur.

The university and the community are invited to the 2017 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Earth, Solar Wind and Sun,” featuring Bob Hamilton, PhD, professor of physics, and recipient of the 2016-17 Undergraduate Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship.

Join us Tuesday, Oct. 17, for the presentation. The lecture runs from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Hamilton will discuss the recent eclipse and how this rare sight illustrates the sun’s intricate and dynamic role in shaping the larger, unseen environment of the earth. The sun shapes both the solar wind and the magnetic field which encompass our entire solar system. Highlights from research conducted by and with students at George Fox will be presented using graphics and animations.

Prior to the lecture that evening, the 2017 Fall Richter Student Scholars Symposium will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Student scholars from the university’s graduate and undergraduate programs will present their research in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be provided by the Faculty Development Committee.

Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Now is the time to submit your request for business cards. Marketing Communications will be processing the next business card order on Thursday, Oct. 23. Place your order directly with B&B Print Source before Friday, Oct. 20.

Questions? Contact Danette Newkirk at dnewkirk@georgefox.edu.

Marketing Communications is collecting orders for name tags. For those who have regular face-to-face contact with the public and need to order a name tag, you may submit your name tag requests at this link.

Be sure to provide the name of the person for whom the name tag is needed; title or department; and the budget to be charged. Examples of title or department include: Dean of Students/Student Life and Admissions Counselor/Admissions. The next order will be placed Monday, Oct. 16.

Contact Danette Newkirk (dnewkirk@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Make plans to attend an all-employee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24 (note new date), from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Canyon Commons. The event will also be live-streamed in Room 160 at the Portland Center.

If you have any questions you’d like to be addressed at the meeting, send them to Rob Westervelt (rwesterv@georgefox.edu).

Thank you!

A few weeks ago Marketing Communications migrated www.georgefox.edu (not athletics.georgefox.edu, blogs.georgefox.edu, etc.) from using the insecure HTTP protocol (e.g. http://www.georgefox.edu/) to the secure HTTPS protocol (e.g. https://www.georgefox.edu).

Now we need to update links to www.georgefox.edu in our emails and other materials.

This just requires adding an “s” to the protocol to make this change (e.g. http://www.georgefox.edu/ -> https://www.georgefox.edu/).

This change needs to be made in all digital media that links to www.georgefox.edu: emails, email signatures, saved text to be pasted into emails, PDFs, links on other websites (not links *on* www.georgefox.edu), etc.

In print materials, it’s still fine to use URLs that do not include the protocol (e.g. georgefox.edu/visit).

Please take a moment to update links to www.georgefox.edu in any digital media you manage.

Questions? Email Peter Crackenberg at pcrackenberg@georgefox.edu.

George Fox alumni, current students and employees are invited to hear from business industry expert Mike Van Wyk on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Portland Center’s Room 155.

Mike has more than 20 years of consumer research and brand-building experience at large companies like Proctor Gamble and currently is the VP of customer research and insights for Capital Group. He will speak on the topic of purpose-driven brand building. A Q&A session will follow.

Coffee and desserts will be served. The event is free, but please register here. The event is being hosted by the College of Business and the Business Leadership Society.

Come join Portland Seminary’s Leah Payne as she hosts a “Turning the Page” session with The Saint John’s Bible this Friday, Oct. 13, from 4 to 4:20 p.m. in the Special Collections Room in the upstairs of the Murdock Learning Resource Center on the Newberg campus. All are welcome!

The university and the community are invited to the 2017 Fall Faculty Lecture, “Earth, Solar Wind and Sun,” featuring Bob Hamilton, PhD, professor of physics, and recipient of the 2016-17 Undergraduate Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship.

Join us Tuesday, Oct. 17, for the presentation. The lecture runs from 6 to 7 p.m. in Hoover 105. Hamilton will discuss the recent eclipse and how this rare sight illustrates the sun’s intricate and dynamic role in shaping the larger, unseen environment of the earth. The sun shapes both the solar wind and the magnetic field which encompass our entire solar system. Highlights from research conducted by and with students at George Fox will be presented using graphics and animations.

Prior to the lecture that evening, the 2017 Fall Richter Student Scholars Symposium will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Hoover lobby. Student scholars from the university’s graduate and undergraduate programs will present their research in a conversational poster format. Refreshments will be provided by the Faculty Development Committee.

Contact Laurie Fair (lfair@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Tuition Exchange applications for the 2018-19 academic year are now open. Employees who have dependents eligible for 100 percent tuition remission may apply for tuition exchange at participating universities.

Check your email for more information or contact Janelle Freitag at jfreitag@georgefox.edu.

All Nike apparel and tailgating merchandise is 25 percent off today (Sunday). George Fox Nike apparel will never be cheaper, so come in and get that Dri-FIT pullover, polo or T-shirt while supplies last!

You can shop online at georgefoxshop.com. Be sure to choose in-store pick-up for free shipping!

Go Bruins!

All Nike apparel and tailgating merchandise is 25 percent off now through Sunday, Oct. 8. George Fox Nike apparel will never be cheaper, so come in and get that Dri-FIT pullover, polo or T-shirt while supplies last!

You can shop in the Bruin Store or online at georgefoxshop.com. Be sure to choose in-store pick-up for free shipping!

Go Bruins!

The Newberg campus will be closed Friday, Oct. 6, for the mid-semester holiday. All offices, the Bruin Store, Mail Services and the Newberg library will be closed.

Tuition Exchange applications for the 2018-19 academic year are now open. Employees who have dependents eligible for 100 percent tuition remission may apply for tuition exchange at participating universities.

Check your email for more information or contact Janelle Freitag at jfreitag@georgefox.edu.

Mail Services has been receiving a high number of packages with incomplete information on the shipping label. We do all we can to successfully get the packages to you, but with little or no information on the packages we have to investigate who the package belongs to. This lack of information may result in delay of delivery or even the returning of packages.

Please make sure the following information is included when placing online orders: first and last name and your mailbox number.

If you have any questions, please contact Richard Silver at rsilver@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2551.

George Fox alumni, current students and employees are invited to hear from business industry expert Mike Van Wyk on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Portland Center’s Room 155.

Mike has more than 20 years of consumer research and brand-building experience at large companies like Proctor Gamble and currently is the VP of customer research and insights for Capital Group. He will speak on the topic of purpose-driven brand building. A Q&A session will follow.

Coffee and desserts will be served. The event is free, but please register here. The event is being hosted by the College of Business and the Business Leadership Society.

Please join the University Advancement team to celebrate Robby Larson’s 11 years of excellent service at George Fox. Robby has been a key member of the university’s advancement efforts, serving for five years as the director of alumni relations and six years as a gift officer and director of development.

Robby has accepted the role of vice president of advancement at Multnomah University in Portland, and we want to send him off with our best wishes, support and gratitude. The party begins at 3 p.m. today (Wednesday) in the Gregory (EHS) Atrium.

All Nike apparel and tailgating merchandise is 25 percent off between Oct. 4 and Oct. 8. George Fox Nike apparel will never be cheaper, so come in and get that Dri-FIT pullover, polo or T-shirt while supplies last!

You can shop in the Bruin Store or online at georgefoxshop.com. Be sure to choose in-store pick-up for free shipping!

Go Bruins!

Grab a snack, your laptop (or tablet) and your curiosity and join us for some Digital Fluency Institute brown-bag events. Colleagues will share how they are using digital tools in instruction.

Screencastify
Brent Weaver and Robin Ashford share how they produce instructional videos using Screencastify, a free screencasting app.
Dates/Locations: Friday, Oct. 13, noon to 1 p.m., MLRC Library Study Room 114 with Brent Weaver;
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m. to noon, Portland Center Library Study Room 133 with Robin Ashford
RSVP

Producing Quality Audio in Instructional Videos
Dawn Ford demonstrates how to step up audio quality when we record instructional videos.
Date/Location: Friday, Oct. 20, noon to 1 p.m., Lemmons 4
RSVP

Pecha Kucha and Kahoot
Gary Tandy shares how his students present with Pecha Kucha and learn while they play in Kahoot.
Date/Location: Friday, Oct. 27, noon to 1 p.m., MLRC Library Study Room 114
RSVP

VoiceThread
Gary Sehorn teaches graduate online classes, and he will share his experience with VoiceThread, including how his students work in small groups and how they build VoiceThread portfolios.
Date/Location: Friday, Nov. 3, noon to 1 p.m., MLRC Library Study Room 114
RSVP

Zoom in Instruction
Learn from Laura Simmons and Anderson Campbell on how to teach using Zoom during snowstorms.
Dates/Locations: Friday, Nov. 17, 1:30-2:30 p.m., MLRC Room 020 with Anderson Campbell;
Tuesday, Dec. 12, noon to 1 p.m., Portland Center Library Study Room 133 with Laura Simmons
RSVP 

Questions? Contact Gloria Doherty (gdoherty@georgefox.edu).

The Fall Staff Conference is set for this Thursday, Oct. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Bauman Auditorium. Our speaker this year is Cynthia Ulrich Tobias. Cynthia’s successful career of 30-plus years has included work as an educator, a police officer and a business owner.

Cynthia is a bestselling author of 13 books, a featured guest on radio and television, and a popular presenter for businesses, government agencies, churches and schools throughout the U.S. and the world. She is the mother of twin sons, now young adults, and she lives with her husband Jack in the Seattle area.

“The Way We Work” participants will learn how to recognize their personal learning styles and how to develop effective strategies for communicating with virtually anyone.

Required staff attendance unless you have VP approval; direct absence approval requests to Peg Hutton at phutton@georgefox.edu.